At just 17-years-old, rapper/singer Silento earned a solid $100,000 with his first-ever single, “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).” Not too shabby! According to reports, the earnings come from over 500 million views on YouTube of the video, sales of the one-time number one single, and his contract with Capitol Records Silento is projected to earn $50,000 for his debut project and up to $500,000 for each additional LP. What do you think of the numbers?
(Video) Teen And Police Officer Face-Off In Epic Dance Battle
One D.C. police officer chose the positive route when defusing a fight between teenagers in a Washington park by challenging one of them to a dance-off. The dance battle which went down on Monday, was captured on video and has since gone viral. You can see the officer and one teen showing off their best dance moves to Silento’s hit record “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” High school senior Aaliyah Taylor, who is featured in the video battling the unnamed officer, caught up with TMZ photogs to talk about her experience. Check out what she had to say below.
(Video) Anthony Hamilton Gives A Soulful Rendition Of Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)
In case you questioned it, the soulful voice of Anthony Hamilton can take any song from good to AMAZING. The proof lies in his cover of Silento’s ‘Watch Me (Whip/ Nae Nae)’. The 44 year-old posted the video on his Facebook and quickly became the talk of the Internet. With tons of references to soul food and negro spirituals the Twitter-shpere said “Amen” and is loving this cover. Even Silento praised Hamilton saying, “That’s the best yet” In a room full of live instruments, Anthony Hamiliton takes us to church. Check out the video below, then head over to the gallery to read the Twitter Talk.
(Video) Watch This News Reporter Whip And Nae Nae on Live TV
If there is one thing TV news needs way more of, it’s dancing from its reporters. Walter Morris, a reporter with Fox 5 San Diego, who uses his time off the air to get it in to Silentó’s Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae). Watch the news reporter break it down in this video after the jump!
(Video) How Cute! French Montana’s Son Kruz Dances To “Watch Me”
French Montana’s son Kruz can whip and do the Nae Nae with the best of them! Last night, Kruz was hanging out with daddy and his cousin (French’s brother Zack’s son,) when French put on Silento’s hit, “Watch Me.” Not only did Kruz hit the dance moves right, he knew every single ad-lib at the beginning of the song! Looks someone is going to be following in daddy’s footsteps! Check out the adorable clip below.
(Video) G-Unit- Watch Me [Behind The Scenes]
The Gorilla Unit boys takes you behind the scenes for their recently released visuals for Watch Me off their latest EP, The Beauty of Independence, which is available via iTunes. Get into the BTS action below! GGG GGG GGG G-Unit!
